Created by
L. Ellis
St. Ignatius School
3650 Spring Hill Avenue
Mobile Alabama, 36608
Summary:
Students in grades 6-8 will be introduced to the fitness unit. Topics to be discussed are fitness testing, muscles and bones working as a unit, physiological changes and benefits of exercise, safety, three parts of a work out, and basic resistance training. Students will also have three projects this year: design a workout plan, prepare a newsletter promoting fitness testing, and create a power point presentation on the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness
Curriculum Framing questions:
Am I fit?
How do I know if my sport is beneficial to my physical fitness?
Define: Warm-up, conditioning, cool down, maximum heart rate, target heart rate, frequency, duration, intensity, flexibility, cardio-vascular endurance, muscular strength, agility, speed, power, muscular endurance, aerobic activity, anaerobic activity
List physiological changes when exercising
Calculate maximum and target heart rate
Components of fitness testing
Importance of each fitness test component
Components of fitness (not to be confused with fitness components)
Activities that improve each fitness component
What makes a good workout
Why resistance training
In the long run…
Grades 6-8
Created by
L. Ellis
St. Ignatius School
3650 Spring Hill Avenue
Mobile Alabama, 36608
Summary:
Students in grades 6-8 will be introduced to the fitness unit. Topics to be discussed are fitness testing, muscles and bones working as a unit, physiological changes and benefits of exercise, safety, three parts of a work out, and basic resistance training. Students will also have three projects this year: design a workout plan, prepare a newsletter promoting fitness testing, and create a power point presentation on the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness
Curriculum Framing questions:
Am I fit?
How do I know if my sport is beneficial to my physical fitness?
Define: Warm-up, conditioning, cool down, maximum heart rate, target heart rate, frequency, duration, intensity, flexibility, cardio-vascular endurance, muscular strength, agility, speed, power, muscular endurance, aerobic activity, anaerobic activity
List physiological changes when exercising
Calculate maximum and target heart rate
Components of fitness testing
Importance of each fitness test component
Components of fitness (not to be confused with fitness components)
Activities that improve each fitness component
What makes a good workout
Why resistance training
In the long run…
Unit Plan:
2008 unit plan
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Unit Support:
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